Californ-I-A so it seems

Life isn't what it appears to be

People live in boxes outside my door

Can't get no relief

Throw it all away

Sadly beautiful and all shut down

Down on their luck and down on themselves

Halfway around the world, no looking back

Yesterdays are just that

Don't beat yourself up

Don't take it so hard

Takin' the punches

When they're coming for you

The bruises begin to show through

Genius of crack

Appears to be

Living in the 21st century

Babys sick of a sugar fix

Can't get no relief

Throw it all away

Sadly beautiful and all shut down

Down on their luck and down on themselves

Halfway around the world, no looking back

Yesterdays are just that

Don't beat yourself up

Don't take it so hard

Takin' the punches

When they're coming for you

The bruises begin to show through

They begin to show through

Fallin' out of love

Is so easy to do

Forget about me and

I'll forget about you

Bruises begin to show through

They begin to show

Forget-me-nots from all the friends you lost

Never think about the cost

All the saviors that you lost

Comes a time in your life when you hold a dream

Well I know that much is true

Believe in me

And I'll believe in you

Or maybe I'll be leaving soon

(Repeat Chorus)